Women In Animation Announces 2021 Scholarship Partnerships

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Women in Animation is continuing to expand its ongoing WIA Scholarship Program with workshops and software packages for recipients of the 2021 cycle from industry partners Animation Mentor, Autodesk, Toon Boom and Unity. The WIA Scholarship Program is an annual award devoted to furthering the academic efforts of deserving animation college students who demonstrate artistic […]

Black N’ Animated and Women in Animation Join Forces to Offer Free Storyboard Class

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Black N’ Animated and Women in Animation (WIA) are pleased to announce that they will be collaborating for the first time, together with several top independent animation studios – Oddbot, Powerhouse, Renegade, Six Point Harness and Titmouse – to host a free, virtual storyboarding class via Zoom on Saturday, November 7th from 9:00am-4:00pm. The class […]

Women in Animation Announces Virtual Summit at Annecy

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Women in Animation (WIA) is pleased to announce the program for the first-ever Women in Animation Virtual Summit, in conjunction with this year’s digital version of Annecy International Animation Festival and Mifa 2020, Annecy 2020 Online. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Reimagining the Future: Race, Solidarity and the Culture of Work.” This year’s […]

Women In Animation awards Eight 2020 Scholarships

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This past Friday at the 2020 BRIC Talent and Innovation Summit, Women In Animation President Marge Dean proudly announced the recipients of this year’s WIA Scholarships. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future […]

WIA To Honor Netflix’s Melissa Cobb, Sony Pictures Animation and “ABEO” At Spark 2019

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Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the third annual WIA Diversity Awards recipients, presented in partnership with the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). The recipients of this year’s awards are: Sony Pictures Animation; Melissa Cobb, Vice President, Original Animation, Netflix; and filmmaker Brenda Lopez for her short film ABEO. The awards will […]

WIA To Honor Netflix’s Melissa Cobb, Sony Pictures Animation and “ABEO” At Spark 2019

Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the third annual WIA Diversity Awards recipients, presented in partnership with the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). The recipients of this year’s awards are: Sony Pictures Animation; Melissa Cobb, Vice President, Original Animation, Netflix; and filmmaker Brenda Lopez for her short film ABEO. The awards will […]